The International Crime Victimisation Survey (ICVS) is a project involving approximately 60 countries, which interviews people about their experiences and perceptions of crime and the criminal justice system. Results provide a picture of the risk factors associated with personal and household crime, the level of repeat victimisation, public perceptions of crime and safety, rates at...

Online child pornography is an unintended aspect of the widespread adoption of information and communications technologies. Tony Krone looks at 31 well-publicised operations and considers the law enforcement implications of these for future operations. The paper starts to fill a significant gap in our understanding of online child pornography.

Using information from the first year of the National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program, Maria Borzycki, Yuka Sakurai and Jenny Mouzos examine the nearly 9000 reported cases of armed robbery victimisation in 2003 in terms of the incident, the victim and the offender. Aspects of this crime that have not previously been closely examined, such as...

Natalie Taylor and Kate Charlton assessed the effects of the Queensland Police Service shopfronts program on crime reporting to determine whether shopkeepers were experiencing rising levels of crime or were more likely to report criminal incidents when a police shopfront was present. They compared two centres, one with a police shopfront and one without, and...

While the online retailing environment has provided businesses with an unparalleled opportunity to expand and improve their profits, it has also increased the vulnerability of businesses to online credit card fraud. Kate Charlton and Natalie Taylor present findings of an empirical study of the risks faced by Australian small businesses when they trade online. As...